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Then colored a portion of the sky to make the drawing stand out better.

Lastly, I added a background layer below the base color.

Then used the fill tool to fill in the color.

I have used the Bezier curve selection tool to select dark areas,.

Note : The shadows of the composition will be created on this layer.

Then create a layer called ‘ Dark’ above the base color layer.

Create a layer and name it ‘ Highlights’.

So we will add highlights to the character based on that. The light in this composition will enter from the top right corner.

Then select the brush tool and with the mouse just fill in the colors.

Under the inked layer create a new one and call it ‘ Base color’.

So to avoid it its best to lock this layer down. Note : Its frustrating when you inadvertently go about coloring the drawing before you realize you’re painting on the same layer.

Lock the illustration layer by clicking on the lock icon in the layers panel.

The spike lines are quite short, to save time you can try and manually create them the using mouse freehand.Ĭompared to the whole line art, this segment will be much easier and shorter. I used the circle tool to create the eyes, and the Bezier curve again to create the spikes. Having lines of uniform width all over will make the illustration look flat.

I reduced the brush size here from 12px to 8px, this helps create more variation.

Once you have completed the base outline, you can move in on completing the spikes on the back and the eyes. No other actions are necessary right now, just follow along the process until you complete the illustration. Note : There may areas where you can allow the lines to overlap, you can delete unwanted portions later.

Continue the same way for the rest of the illustration.

Delete them just like previously discussed.

Now taper the ends of the stroke by selecting the ends with Bezier curve selection too.

So don’t forget to check your brush too color and size before using the Bezier Curve.

The line stroke will be created as per the width of the brush you have set.

Now follow the curves along the lines of the sketch and hit ‘ Enter‘.

Create a new layer above the sketch layer and name it ‘ Ink‘.

This is the exact way we will be creating lines over our scanned sketch.

Select the ends of the stroke and delete the portions the stroke in the way shown in the video below.

Now select the ‘ Bezier‘ Curve Selection Tool.

Note : This will create a stroke using settings defined for brush tool previously(12px, black).

With the tool selected draw a simple line and hit ‘Enter’.

Select the ‘ Bezier‘ Curve tool form the toolbar.

Select the ‘ Brush‘ tool (choose the inking brushes).

Therefore, when using a mouse we will have to manually create this effect of a tapering stroke.We will learn this first before working on our scanned drawing.

Line weight is key to creating illustrations having a depth to them. Note : You can use your own scanned drawing or follow along the with sketch I have already created.

#Krita tutorial how to#

To overcome this problem, we will now learn how to ink and color our sketches using just the mouse. Illustrations in Kri ta using the mouse is pretty much every beginners dilemma, as most don’t have access to pen tablets. Update: Krita version 4.0 comes with a brand new set of default brushes! This is great on the whole, but makes the videos a bit confusing! So I added some extra videos to help.Illustration without using a pen tablet ?

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Want more free goodies? Check out my youtube channel: Open Source Tutor Learn about the basic tools available to Krita.Learn about basic brushes and create your first wood texture.(Or you can continue using Krita of course!)

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Once you have gained confidence digital painting you can easily and painlessly switch over to commercial software if you want.

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If you want to get started in digital illustration without splurging on license fees then this is a great place to start. Krita is a highly acclaimed digital painting software, and it is completely free and open source. This section is targeted at the complete beginner and covers taking the first steps in digital illustration.

This section is absolutely free, but it consists of only the first section of the course. Welcome to Section 1 of my course Essentials of Digital Illustrations with Krita.